HEALING OIL — The Secrets of Famous Bruise Juice Decoded
By Jeanne Rose

History of Bruise Juice – During 1969 I was trying to figure out how to cure my paralyzed shoulder. One source for historical herbal information was the library at the U.C. Medical School. There I found a most fascinating book, “Receipts in Physick and Chirurgery,” by Sir Kenelm Digby, Knight, 1668. There was a recipe for a potent ointment that would heal at a far distance. Well, that was certainly fascinating as it meant if you had an injury in New York I could rub the same place on me while in San Francisco and heal your injury 3000 miles away. So I set about collecting the ingredients and spent the next six months working on the formula. Since the receipt itself was so old, the names of many of the herbs were a mystery: such as what in heck was smallage? It turns out the name smallage is simply an old name for Celery seed. So that was not a problem. Also, the ointment was made with ‘herbs in season’. that is, freshly picked botanicals. This meant that I had to start in spring and end at the next spring. I solved this problem by purchasing some dried herbs from Nature’s Herb Company in San Francisco and also using some fresh herbs. The process and original formula is in my book, Herbs & Things that was written in 1969 and published in 1972.

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I teach my students how to make both bruise Juice and a truly wonderful Calendula infused oil in my Herbal/Aromatic SPA class given in April of every year. Check out our classes and sign up, you too can learn to take care of yourself and your family with simple herbs and essential oils.

I always use at least 40 – 60 herbs, roots, barks and spices in the Bruise Juice to combat any sort of physical problem. Great for athletes; football, baseball, lacrosse, basketball, rugby and used on all sports injuries Bruise Juice, pick and start work on a waxing moon. Let it drain and bottle on a waning moon.

Essential Oils per gallon • Each quart of Bruise Juice contains over 2.5% essential oil and should contain all or some of these oils. Tea Tree essential oil by itself is not effective.
Plai/Teatree – first aid in all its forms, mild, anti-bacterial, and first aid treatment
Litsea cubeba – anti-viral (in a combination — Tea Tree 1 part • Litsea •9 parts)
Palmarosa – anti-fungal and anti-yeast
Rosemary verbenone – anti-fungal (verbenone) and stimulating

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           Some of the herbs that I have used are as follows – of course since this is a Seasonal product, the herbs used depend on the season that we are making the Bruise Juice. Spring Bruise Juice is often green, leaves and early flowers; Summer Bruise Juice is flowers and lots of herb parts; Fall Bruise Juice is leaves and roots; Winter Bruise Juice is often conifers, seeds and barks. We always use between 40-60 herbs, leaves, barks, roots, stems, and flowers in my Bruise Juice to honor its 400-year-old past.

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Angelica archangelica – leaf & stem Artemisia absinthium – Absinthe leaf Artemisia arborescens – leaf & stem Artemisia latiloba – leaf & stem Artemisia vulgare – leaf & stem Artichoke leaf – Cynara scolymus Bougainvillea flowers & leaf California Poppy flowers California Fuchsia Comfrey – flower, leaf & stem Fennel Seed Fern (Lady Fern) Athyrium filix-femina Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium Forget-Me-Not Myosotis sylvatica Foxglove flowers Giant Sequoia – Sequoiadendron giganteum Iboza riparia – leaf & stem (anti-microbial) Lemon Balm – leaf & stem Marjoram & Yellow Marjoram – Origanum majorana Marshmallow leaf & stem – Althea officinalis Matilija Poppy Romneya coulteri – Fried egg flower Mint leaf & steam of Bergamot mint, Wild mint   Healing Symbol

Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus – flower, leaf & stem Nicotiana alata Tobacco flower –     flower, leaf & stem Pelargonium graveolens – flower & stem Pelargonium odoratissimum (Apple & nutmeg) Peppermint leaf & stem Potato Solanum tuberosum – leaf Rose eglanteria leaf Rosemary – leaf & stem Salvia clevelandii Pineapple Sage – leaf & stem Sequoiadendron giganteum – leaf & bark Spanish mint – leaf & stem Spearmint – leaf & stem Strawberry, wild Violet leaf & stem & flowers Wisteria flower – W. sinensis Witch Hazel bark, stems, buds Woodruff leaf Yarrow flower & stem (Achillea millefolium)

Bruise Juice is a well-known product developed by Jeanne Rose in 1969. It was written about & described in Herbs & Things, Jeanne Rose’s Herbal – see pages 204-206. Each season of the year, the Bruise Juice is made with the freshest herbs of the season – so Spring Bruise Juice will smell and react a bit different than Summer made or Fall made Bruise Juice. Apply with fingers, cotton ball, t-tip as massage, application or rub. Rub it on gently or firmly, as often as necessary, at least several times per day.

Summer 2008 — made with herbs including
Comfrey leaf – emollient & healing
Yarrow flowers – astringent & healing
Lemon Balm tops – aromatic & antiviral
Mint & Bergamot mint – aromatic
Witch Hazel leaves – astringent
Marshmallow flowers and leaves – healing

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We have many users of the fabulous Bruise Juice with comments and here is one,

“I received the bottle of Bruise Juice. Thank you!! I have been using it by application religiously each morning & evening. It is a wonderful formulation. I love the scent! If you have that scent in a more concentrated formula as a fragrance application I would like to know. Warm regards … J” In the early days, people used this on salad as dressing, but this is the first time that anyone wanted to use it as a scent!

“I gave blood on Saturday.  The tech person poked through the vein and it immediately swelled bigger than my thumb.  When I got home, I put bruise juice on it, liberally.  There was almost no bruising, and today I can
hardly see it at all.  The other arm they finally got the pint out of is more bruised that the arm that swelled!  Good stuff!” — E.T.
 

Bruise Juice is always good applied on children’s injuries and even when those children grow up to be Warriors.

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